ATTILA Thruster - sswelm/KSP-Interstellar-Extended GitHub Wiki

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An electrical engine that provides more thrust than a Plasma Thruster but with a lower ISP.

Here are some stats for a 1.25 ATTILA in vacuum, with 68MW of power (typical for an upgraded KIWI fission reactor):

Fuel	Thrust (kN)	I_sp	Fuel/sec
Liquid	3.5	2854.0	0.02/s
Lithium	7.2	1646.8	0.44/s
Monoprop	10.1	713.5	0.36/s
Argon	16.6	634.2	0.53/s
Xenon	27.2	352.2	77.60/s

For comparison, here is a plasma engine with the same power input:

Fuel	Thrust (kN)	I_sp	Fuel/sec
Liquid	0.9	11213.0	<0.01/s
Lithium	1.8	6469.9	0.03/s
Monoprop	2.6	2803.3	0.02/s
Argon	4.3	2491.8	0.03/s
Xenon	6.9	1383.7	5.11/s

As you can see, the ATTILA is much less efficient (meaning it has a lower ISP) than the Plasma Thruster , but produces about 4x the thrust.